Fence-post.



PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

WESTLAKE. FENCE POST.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov.1s

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JOSEPHl WESTLAKE, OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1e, 190e,

Application filed November 18, 1905. Serial N0. 287.998.

Post, of which the following is a specification.-

This invention relates to fence-posts, and

has for an object to provide a post embodying new and improved featuresof simplicity, convenience, economy, and efficiency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a post having snap-hooksembedded in and extending from the face of thepost to engage the fencefabric.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide a post embodying asnap-hook embedded in and extending from the top of the post to engage abarbed wire or other object.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointedout in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in form,proportion, size, and minor details may be made without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved postwith a fence fabric applied to the side hooks and a barbed wire engagedby the top hook. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view takenon line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewof the post with the side hooks omitted and adapted for use as ahitchingpost. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of thesnap-hooks and the securing-strip.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

In its preferred embodiment the improvedV post forming thesubject-matter of this application comprises a molded upright section10, with laterally-extending integral molded base sections 11 and 12,disposed perpendicular to each other in the form of a cross and withtheir lower surfaces in a plane substantially perpendicular to thelength of the post. The base-sections 12 have their upper surfacesinclined, and as set in the ground the inclined surfaces are coveredwith earth, which comes substantially level with the top surfaces of thesections 11, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The post is providedthroughout its length with a reinforcing-bar 13, and reinforcingbars 14and 15 are embedded in the base-sections and substantially perpendicularto each other and to the bar 13.

Adjacent to the face of the post is embedded a strip 16, having a bend17 at its upper end engaging the loop 18 of a hook 19, which is providedwith a spring-actuated closure 20. The hook is substantially in the formof an ordinary snap-hook, and the shank 21 is embedded in the poststructure and the hook extending above to engage a barbed wire 22 orother object. The strip 16 extends downwardly adjacent to and parallelwith the face 23 of the post and engages within the loops of a pluralityofsnap-hooks 24, similar to the hook 19 and with similar closures. Asthe post is molded the hooks 24 are spaced upon the strip at approvedintervals, and cavities 25 are formed in the face of the post tofacilitate the operation of the closures.

It will be noticed that the snap-hooks are oppositely disposedalternately, so that while engaging the wires of a fence one half of thehooks will hold the wires against downward movement, while the closuresof the same hooks, together with the remaining hooks of the fence, willhold the wires against upward movement. By arranging the hooksalternately in this manner both upward and downward pressure thereon bythe wires is equalized upon the hooks and their closures, and it is noteasier to detach the wires either by raising or by lowering them.

The hooks 24 are arranged to engage wires or a wire fabric 26 and arepreferably alternately disposed with the open sides of the hooksopposite. If the side hooks 24 are omitted, the strip 16 may be providedwith bend or loop 27 or other means to prevent its dislocation from thepost.

, From the foregoing description it will be apparent that as the fencefabric may be easily and quickly disengaged from the post and the posteasily lifted from the ground a portable fence is produced the use,operation, and advantages of which will be fully and clearly understoodand appreciated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. Anartificial-stone post having an integral base, reinforcing-bars disposedhorizontally within the base, a reinforcing-bar envIoo gaging thefirst-mentioned bars, and disposed IIO said post and spaced from thereinforcingbar7 a hook engaged thereby and partly embedded Withn thepost.

2. An artificial-stone post having alining rectangular base-sections andalining tapered base-sections, said sections radiating from the post,crossed reinforcing-bars disposed longitudinally Within thebase-sections7 and a reinforcing-bar disposed longitudinally Within thepost and having a hook engaging the base-reinforcing bars at their pointof intersection.

3. An artiiieial-stone post having base-seotions radiating therefrom,engaging reinforcing-bars Within the post and its base-sections, I 5

a iiat metal strip embedded Within the post and hooked at its ends, anda hook partly embedded Within the post and engaged by one of the hooksofthe metal strip.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as zo

